{"id":3578,"date":"2015-03-06T21:45:10","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T21:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2015\/03\/06\/hager-to-commits-to-furman\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:46:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:46:40","slug":"hager-to-commits-to-furman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/hager-to-commits-to-furman\/","title":{"rendered":"Hager commits to Furman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/newsimg.furman.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Josh-hager.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16851 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/Josh-hager-medium.jpg\" alt=\"Josh hager\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 253px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 253\/300;\" \/><\/a>Josh Hager, a flanker and second row for Southern Pines High School, has accepted a rugby scholarship and will enroll at Furman University next fall.<\/p>\n<p>Hager, son of Colonel (retired) William and Kelley Hager of Whispering Pines, N.C. 28327 is a two year starter for the Gators, one of the stronger high school programs in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJosh has become a force at the breakdown and is leading our strong forward pack this year in tackles.\u00a0 He is constantly in a position to make a play and it has been a pleasure to see him grow as a rugby player on and off the field,\u201d said Gators Coach Robert Bortins. \u201cI have no doubt that he will continue to work hard and make a positive impact at Furman both on the field and in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hager will be part of Furman\u2019s third scholarship class, the largest and most talented to date. Last fall, Furman captured the Southern Rugby Conference Title and ended the season ranked 6<sup>th<\/sup> in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m extremely excited to not only be a part of such a well renown academic community but to also be a member of a championship team chasing a national title,\u201d said Hager. I&#8217;m ready to come to Furman and give everything I have in the classroom and on the rugby field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Josh Hager, a flanker and second row for Southern Pines High School, has accepted a rugby scholarship and will enroll at Furman University next fall. Hager, son of Colonel (retired) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":14513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-rugby"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}